[americanophile]

It would have been extremely inappropriate for the Pope, in my opinion, to have prayed in a mosque...and it seems as though the Vatican agrees since they've now issued a statement saying he did not pray there. Symbolism matters. If Obama prayed in a mosque, we wouldn't say 'people can pray anywhere,' believe me!

[chase19]

The Vatican didn’t issue a special statement. This is just another news story like the one you posted except this one was from Yahoo via AP. I can see why you were taken in though - it’s easy to be manipulated by the media.